Cody Allen was appointed two attorneys from Little Rock Wednesday. According to court records, Toney Brasuell and Birc Morledge will represent Allen.
The 23-year-old Allen is charged with capital murder in the death of 2-year-old Alithia Boyd of Flippin who died May 6th and entered a not guilty plea to charges filed against him in Marion County.
Allen faces life in prison or the death penalty if he is convicted of the crime.
The mother of Boyd, 21-year-old Anastasia Weaver, recently pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and permitting child abuse in connection with Alithia's death.
The case began when officers were called to a Flippin apartment complex May 1 for an unresponsive two-year-old girl identified as Alithia Ivory Boyd. The initial report was that the girl had fallen down a flight of stairs in the apartment. However, the extensive follow-up investigation by the Flippin Police Department with assistance from the Marion County Sheriff's office began to point away from an accident, especially given the severity of the little girl's injuries.
Officers observed that the two-year had extensive and severe bruising over her body and especially in the head area. The child was flown to Mercy Hospital in Springfield and was placed on life support. Investigators were told that the little girl had a very low likelihood of survival. Medical personal said the child's injuries were apparently sustained from impacts with an object of some kind. It was announced on Friday, May 6, that the victim had died from her injuries.
Allen was developed as a suspect in the case after a number of interviews, evidence gathering at the residence and an analysis of a number of electronic and telephone records.
Allen was first charged with first-degree battery and is being held in the Ouachita River Correction Unit of the state prison system at Malvern. Allen's transfer was made after he attempted to kill himself in the Marion County Jail.
Allen is on parole from a Baxter County conviction in August 2014. He was given five years in prison after pleading guilty to burglary, breaking or entering and theft of property. The charges resulted from the burglary of a house on State Highway 178 in Midway.
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